New Boston Marathon Rules Kill the Underdog Story
Boston Marathon 2019's new rules mean we may never see an unknown runner race into history, and that’s a shame for the sport.
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Boston Marathon 2019's new rules mean we may never see an unknown runner race into history, and that’s a shame for the sport.
Elite marathoners discuss why they plan to run the NYC Half Marathon as they prepare for Boston and how they approach tune-up races.
Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein details every mile of his Boston Marathon training from February 18–24, 2019.
See which of your favorite U.S. elites will toe the line on Hopkinton street to compete for a podium finish at the 2019 Boston Marathon.
It seems like only yesterday that the running community was Googling Sarah Sellers’ name to find out who had just won second place at The Boston Marathon.
In case you haven’t been reading the latest running news following this year’s Boston Marathon, Desi Linden won, the weather was horrific and a handful of non-elite women ran top-15 net finish times. The weather created a very crazy and wild race day for everyone, producing some of the slowest finish times in Patriots’ Day […]
They say you’ll never forget your first marathon. And after Marathon Monday this past April 16, I can tell you that they—the proverbial, all-knowing truth tellers in the sky—were correct. I won’t. But to be clear, I’ve never actually logged more than 13.1 miles in a race or in life. And even now, my longest […]
In 2014, American runner Tyler Pennel debuted at the Twin Cities Marathon and made his mark in the running world by winning in 2:13:23. Two years later, the athlete placed 5th in the Olympic Marathon Trials (the USA Marathon Championships) in Los Angeles and planned to compete in the trials for the 2016 Olympics but […]
In 1965, Amby Burfoot entered the Boston Marathon for the first time and finished in 25th place. Back then, to get a bib, runners only had to enter the race and pay the fee, there was no need to qualify beforehand. It was only a year later, that the runner met a young woman named Bobbi Gibb who would go on to become the […]
[brightcove id=”5770972589001″] Video originally appeared on Women’s Running and was produced by Greg Liszt, music by Jenna Moynihan and text by Rebecca Warren. The Boston Marathon is one of the most prestigious races in the world. But if you’re a first-time runner in the event, the course can seem daunting if you’ve never experienced it. Watch […]
